The Most Interesting Hotels in the World!

'Tis the season for annual awards lists, but if you think you know what's coming, guess again. Oyster's awards aren't like the other guys' -- we're not like the other guys, so why should our awards be? You can find lists of the world's best luxury hotels in a dozen other places, but only Oyster digs deep to learn every hotel's secret quirks. Our hotel investigators trot the globe and visit every hotel in person so we can bring you the unvarnished truth, and this year, for the first-ever annual Oyster Hotel Awards, we'd like to show you the wackiest, coolest, weirdest, and most interesting things they came across in their travels. We are thrilled to present the 2012 selection of Oyster's Most Interesting Hotels in the World. Are you ready for this?

The Bitter End Yacht Club's Quarterdeck Marina can accommodate 18 yachts (up to 150 feet long, with drafts of 15 feet or more), and is arguably one of the most popular destination marinas in the Caribbean.

James Bond has left his mark on hotels around the globe, but no Bond hotel can beat the Goldeneye, where the series first originated: The Jamaican hot spot is the former residence of Bond creator Ian Fleming, who wrote all of his books here.